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# option 3 (ternary)
for perm in ['modify', 'view', 'execute']:
    fn = assign_perm if request.POST[perm] == "public" else remove_perm
    fn(perm, anon, rs)

# option 3.1 (switch/case-in-a-dict)
fn_selector = {"public"  : assign_perm,
               "private" : remove_perm }
for perm in ['modify', 'view', 'execute']:
    fn_selector[request.POST[perm]](perm, anon, rs) 

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    # option 1
    if request.POST['modify'] == 'public':
        assign_perm('modify', anon, rs)
    else:
        remove_perm('modify', anon, rs)
    if request.POST['view'] == 'public':
        assign_perm('view', anon, rs)
    else:
        remove_perm('view', anon, rs)
    if request.POST['execute'] == 'public':

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Grab the Astronomical Picture of the Day from NASA's site.
# Make it the desktop background, if it's a jpg
#
# Matthew Nuckolls
import urllib2
import re
import subprocess

base_url = "http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/"

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#
# Credit for finding this one goes to Brian Goldman
#

broken = 'broken'
works = 'works'


def test():
    print 'In Test', works

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from tater.models import FakeGlobal
class needsScriptingQueue(object):
    def __init__(self, f):
        self.f = f
        self.__name__ = f.__name__

    def __call__(self, *args):
        global scriptingQueue
        sq_db = FakeGlobal.objects.get(name='scriptingQueue')
        scriptingQueue = json.loads(sq_db.value)

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class fakeGlobal(object):
    def __init__(self, f):
        self.f = f
        self.__name__ = f.__name__

    def __call__(self, *args):
        global derpadil
        derpadil = "blarg"
        retval = self.f(*args)
        del derpadil